Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu If you haven’t been able to finish planting pasture and hay fields with a cool-season grass (CSG) or CSG pasture mix by now, your best shot at having a successful seeding will be to wait… Continue Reading
Quintin Johnson, Extension Associate, Weed Science; quintin@udel.edu and Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu The use of summer annual grasses for supplemental forage is gaining popularity. The advantage of the summer annual grasses is that they produce abundant forage during July… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu Wheat The first disease of the season on wheat is usually powdery mildew. In general, powdery mildew has not been a problem for several years. Once wheat reaches jointing (Growth Stage 6) it should… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to scout fields for both alfalfa weevil and pea aphids. Economic levels of both can be found in alfalfa fields at this time. As a general guideline, you should consider a treatment… Continue Reading
Bob Mulrooney, Extension Plant Pathologist; bobmul@udel.edu It won’t be long before strawberry growers will need to deal with several important diseases. Here are the latest recommendations from the 2010 Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations. Anthracnose Fruit Rot Strawberry anthracnose can be… Continue Reading
